PREPARATION BRINGS SUCCESS
If you wish to achieve long term success and everything you want in life, you need to have solid foundations such as character, values and attitudes which can happen only if you spend time in mental preparation. This is the only way you can meet the demands of pressure-cooker situations in life time and again.
It is true that if we fail to plan ahead in life we cannot succeed. It is in this context that Abraham Lincoln once said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
Thus, in pursuit for instant success, wealth and gratification many people do not spend quality time in preparation, resulting ultimately in their failure at the task at hand.
The quality of time you spend in preparation will be manifested in the quality and effectiveness of your life. There is no such thing as overnight success. Real success takes time, diligent preparation and painstaking effort.